The Alpilles are the last mountain before the great plains of the Camargue and the Mediterranean Sea. The Alpilles span length thirty kilometers from east to west, between the left bank of the Rhone valley of the Durance, for less than ten kilometers wide. Although relatively small (the top of the Alpilles reached 498 meters), the reliefs are tormented. The white limestone beneath the azure sky, the sides covered with scrub and pine forests form a striking landscape. A regional park was established in 2006 to protect a fragile natural environment, threatened by the fires during periods of drought. The villages of the Alpilles are very picturesque and visited, starting from the village of Les Baux de Provence and its castle, and also Fontvieille, Eygalières or Saint Remy de Provence and the Roman ruins of Glanum. AOC olive is grown in Alpilles, and the vine that produces a wine AOC Baux de Provence.
